On Sep 12, 9:43*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
Anyone wish to weigh in on the L-33 solo? I am in the market for a
single seater. *Metal is preferred because you can tie it down outside
without the problems associated with glass. *1-34's are hard to find,
not a lot of metal ships on the market these days it seems.

Can anyone speak to the handling of this aircraft from personal
experience? *

Walt

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Walt Connelly

Option B: Rethink the plan of buying a metal glider for personal use
and tying it down outside. Really, assembly of typical fiberglass
gliders is not that big a deal. Once you look at your toy you won't
want to tie it down outside for long periods anyway. Metal doesn't
suffer UV, but the paint does, and it gets rained on, and birds poop
on it, and so on and so forth. There's a reason just about everyone
else around you leaves them in trailers! Once you are shopping for
"normal" gliders, your options increase dramatically.

John Cochrane

Agreed. The convenience of tying out is way overblown. I thought of
going in that direction when I was looking for my first ship. I'm sure
glad I didn't do it. You can get a good glass ship with a substantial
performance advantage for less money than an L-33. Rigging and de-
rigging doesn't take that long, and doing it solo couldn't be easier
with my LS1f.